Acting Was Never My First

I Had A Lot Of Anger Inside Me And That Came Out At Times That Were Not Particularly Advantageous To Me Career-wise.

When I Was Like 12 Or 13,muhammad Ali Gave Me A Pair Of His Trunks That Were White Satin With Gold Stripes. They Were Full Of Blood, And My Mother Threw Them Away. I Think It's The First Time I Ever Cursed At My Mother.

I Probably Did A Dozen Plays, Like Off-off-broadway Stuff.

Julian Schnabel Painted A Picture That He Dedicated To My Character In Rumble Fish. It Was Called The Motorcycle Boy. I Remember When He Brought It Over To Me At The Mayflower Hotel [in New York] Years Ago. This Is When You And I Knew Each Other.

[the Tension] Between The Christians And Muslims Goes Back To The Crusades, Doesn't It? It's Too Easy To Blame Everything On One Guy. These Are Unpredictable, Dangerous Times, And I Don't Think That Anyone Really Knows Quite What To Do.